So Abraham got up early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away. She went and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
Genesis 26:33 - Tree of Life Version So he called it Pledge. That is why the city’s name is Beer-sheba to this day. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he named [the well] Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba [well of the oath] to this day. [Gen. 21:31.] American Standard Version (1901) And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. Common English Bible He called it Shibah; therefore, the city’s name has been Beer-sheba until today. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, he called it, 'Abundance.' And the name of the city was established as 'Beersheba,' even to the present day. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Whereupon he called it, Abundance: and the name of the city was called Bersabee, even to this day. |
So Abraham got up early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away. She went and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
That is why that place is named Beer-sheba, because there both of them made a pledge,
They said, “We’ve clearly seen that Adonai has been with you. So we said, ‘Let there now be an agreement between us—between us and you—and let us make a covenant with you:
Now it happened that on that day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well that they dug, and said to him, “We’ve found water.”
But do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, do not cross over to Beersheba. For Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to trouble.